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Jenson Button to make historic racing debut at Goodwood Revival

Goodwood Revival | Press Article 17/04/24

• Jenson Button to race at Goodwood Revival, 17 - 19 September
• Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy at 6.20pm on Friday
• Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration at 2.30pm on Sunday, live on ITV4

Goodwood Revival is delighted to announce that long-term friend of Goodwood motorsport, Jenson Button, will make his historic racing debut at the event taking place on 17 - 19 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit.

On the Friday evening of the Revival weekend, Button will take part in the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy. Formerly the Kinrara Trophy and first held in 2016, the sunset race will see Ferrari 250 SWBs take on the likes of Aston Martin DB4GTs, AC Cobras and a host of early-60s GT racers. Button will be sharing the driving seat of a Jaguar E-type, prepared and run by RJN Motorsport, with Alex Buncombe.

The dynamic duo will be back in action on Sunday afternoon in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration, one of the most prestigious races in all of historic motorsport. The one-hour, two-driver event, will see the finest closed-cockpit cars go head-to-head, with Button and Buncombe competing in their 1963 AC Cobra. Originally a factory-prepared racer for Shelby American, the car is now prepped and run by DK Engineering. The race at 2.30pm will form part of ITV1’s live broadcast of the Goodwood Revival on Sunday 19 September.

Details of the confirmed Revival Race Schedule are available here, with further driver details due to be announced in the coming weeks.

Image credit: Nick Dungan

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Notes to Editors:
Goodwood Revival, Friday 17 - Sunday 19 September.

• Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy, Friday 17 September at 6.20pm
• Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration, Sunday 19 September at 2.30pm

Tickets
Saturday tickets for the Revival are sold out, however Friday and Sunday tickets are still available and can be purchased via goodwood.com or by calling the Ticket Office on 01243 755055.

For an extra special day out, hospitality is also available across the event and can be organised by emailing hospitality@goodwood.com or calling 01243 755054.

Goodwood wants customers to be able to book with confidence and if it is deemed that Goodwood events cannot take place on advice from the UK Government due to the ever-changing pandemic, the ‘Ticket Guarantee’ means customers can transfer their ticket to the following year or receive a full refund.

Covid-19
Goodwood’s number one priority is the safety and wellbeing of everyone involved, whether working behind-the-scenes, at the wheel, or attending the spectacle. Goodwood continues to work closely with Public Health England and UK Government advisory groups and all events will be run strictly in accordance with the Government’s Covid-19 guidelines.

Media accreditation
Media accreditation for the Goodwood Revival closes on Friday 27 August. Make your application here.

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Contact
For more information about the Goodwood Revival and our other motorsport events, please contact Katharine Morgan, Motorsport & Automotive Press Officer: Katharine.Morgan@goodwood.com

For all other press enquiries please contact: media@goodwood.com

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About the Goodwood Revival
The Goodwood Revival is the world’s greatest historic motor race meeting, and the only sporting event of its kind to be staged entirely in a period theme. More than just an unrivalled weekend of historic racing, it is a whimsical step back in time; an immersive celebration of a less disposable world, where “make do and mend” was a way of life rather than a casual slogan.

The Revival is, at its heart, a celebration of craftsmanship and sustainability, from an age when possessions were made to last and be cherished. It promotes a thoroughly modern ethos – to “reduce, reuse, repair, restore and recycle” – in the most authentic way possible. All the cars are original, having been lovingly maintained since new, many of the outfits have been handed down through generations, and even the retailers specialise in pre-owned artefacts – everything from clothes and accessories to automobilia and books.

It is, proudly, the world’s biggest and most glamorous second-hand event.